Let's Talk About Books!
Books and Memes...two of my favorite things! I found this one at: Rocks in My Dryer . If you want to participate, leave your blog link in my comments.
Here we go...
Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? Paperback
Amazon or brick and mortar? Brick and mortar
Barnes & Noble or Borders? Barnes and Noble
Bookmark or dogear? Bookmark with post-it tabs
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random? Random
Keep, throw away, or sell? I am physically incapable of throwing out a book - no matter how bad it is. If I don't want to keep it I donate them or give them away.
Keep dustjacket or toss it? Keep it
Read with dustjacket or remove it? Remove it
Short story or novel? Both
Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)? Both
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? Harry Potter
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? Chapter breaks
“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”? Once upon a time
Buy or Borrow? Buy - I like writing and underlining stuff
New or used? Used
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse? All
Tidy ending or cliffhanger? Tidy ending
Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading? Anytime, but ideally afternoon and evening.
Stand-alone or series? Both
Favorite series? Rebecca Wells' "Ya-Ya" books and Harry Potter
Favorite children's book? The Little Prince by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Teper
Favorite books read last year? The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Favorite books of all time? Too many to list. Off the top of my head: "To Kill a Mockingbord", "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "The Red Tent", "The Shadow of the Wind", "Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood", "Pride and Prejudice", "Rebecca", and on and on and on.
Least favorite book you finished last year? I don't remember.
What are you reading right now? The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi and New Orleans Mon Amour by Andrei Codrescu.
What are you reading next? The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama and Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
posted by Hilda @ 3:22 PM
3 Comments:
Oooo...danke. I need a little content for tomorrow.
Do you know I've never read The Little Prince? I don't even know what it's about! That's rather sad, isn't it?
That's ok Dixie, I haven't read it either; yet!
I posted the meme too!
Thanks!
I think it probably actually has to be a sin to throw a book away. What a waste. And think of all the people who can't afford to buy such luxuries!
I'm with you, if I don't want it anymore, I'll donate it. Or find a cafe somewhere and leave it, with hopes that someone will pick it up and read it.
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